I've never been much of a photographer, owning only
digital cameras, beginning with an awful Kodak DS810, followed
by the lovely Pentax Optio-S, Canon 300D, two cheap 2MP Kodaks. What
interests me most is panoramic and stereo
photography.

The Panoramas were put together from as many as 12
photographs with the phenomenal and affordable PTGUI.
The *stitchers* bundled with digital cameras are no
match for PTGUI; it's a stretch to call them stitchers, unless a look of
Frankenstein appeals to you. The original panoramas are as wide as
15,000 pixels; these are reduced copies. But hold on, forget PTGUI, now there is
AutoPano! It's better and it's so
simple to use - panoramas are a snap.

Stereo photographs with still subjects, mountains for
instance, need no special equipment other than a camera and taking two
pictures, the second by moving to one side a distance
commensurate with the distance to the subject. Live subjects
require two cameras that are synchronized. I achieved this with two 100$ Kodak 2MPs, but the
synchronization was mechanical as when I looked into electrically doing
so inside the cameras, it was not practical, and both
cameras had different activation delays for an unknown reason.
Unfortunately, one camera was stolen. Loreo manufactures stereo
lenses that mount directly onto a DSLR (see below) - I purchased one for my
300D. The lens are simple and small in diameter, leading
to a high F/ratio and requiring much light. A good and low
cost viewer is the Loreo lite paper
folding unit with plastic lenses. I built my own stereo front
surface mirror device which greatly enhances the quality of view (see below) -
breathtaking! Both outside mirrors are adjustable to account for disparate image centers.
More stereo
images here or by clicking on
my mirror contraption below.
I've also used this device to view stereo video which I've taken through two
identical video cameras and edited together into an HD movies with Vegas 8 [1440 x 480,
side by side 720x480s]. Click here
or on the steam tractor below.

In spring 2008, I purchased an excellent Sony HDR-SR11
camcorder with true 1920-1080i resolution, and a Merlin
steadicam to supplement it. HD movies are here.

Bush flowers at the Tenerife Norte airport in the Canary
Islands where the largest aviation accident occurred when two B747s
collided (KLM & Pan AM) on the single runway in the fog.

Famed Swiss Alp Eiger mountain flank in the clouds where a cog
train travels 6 kilometers into the core of the massif, and through 3
mountains (Eiger, Munch & Jungfrau) to the
terminus at 12,000 feet, 1000 ft or so shy of the tallest peak
(Jungfrau).

Tenerife, Canary Islands single 13,517 feet mostly dormant
volcano where a road was cut through a few century old lava run; my
yellow carbon dioxide pumping used rental that got towed a few
hours later, 8000 feet lower near sea level.

F16 dual camera stereo image at airshow in Berlin.

Famed red roof Tadoussac hotel at the Saguenay river's mouth
on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence river in Quebec.

Strange penile plant in the coronal forestal of Tenerife, some
7000 feet from sea level.

Schipol airport KLM equipment, irresistible from the jet way
on a cloudy day.